Motor rally drivers boycott ZMSA events
TENSION has persisted in the Zambia Motor Sport Association Zambia (ZMSA) over the elective Annual General Meeting, with the latest episode seeing drivers and navigators refuse to take part in the Zambia International Rally. The ZMSA was scheduled to hold its elective AGM in early March following the expiration of the current executive’s tenure of…...
This year’s budget will be more hopeful – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the 2024 national budget which will be presented this Friday will be more hopeful. In an interview, Dr Musokotwane said Zambians should expect a more promising budget this year owing to some of the decisions made thus far in the mining sector. “This year’s national budget…...
Infantino salutes FAZ over DK Stadium rehabilitation
FIFA president Gianni Infantino says the newly rehabilitated David Kaunda Stadium in Chipata is great for football development and marks a milestone in FIFA’s objective of making football globally accessible. FAZ and government at the weekend officially handed over the 20,000-seater rehabilitated facility to the Eastern Province after its completion. According to a statement released…...
Squabbles in PF worrying – KBF
ZAMBIA Must Prosper leader Kelvin Fube Bwalya says he is worried about the current squabbles in the Patriotic Front. The Matero constituency PF committee and ward officials recently presented a petition demanding the expulsion of their member of parliament Miles Sampa for “gross misconduct”. Sampa earlier stormed the party secretariat with a group of supporters, saying…...
MUZA has nothing to lose against Diables – Keith
FC MUZA proprietor Keith Mweemba says his team will go flat-out against Diables Noirs of Congo Brazzaville in this weekend’s CAF Confederation Cup second round, final leg fixture. In an interview after a 4-0 victory over Green Eagles at Independence Stadium in Choma, Mweemba said MUZA had nothing to lose in its ambitions to qualify…...
Malila was wrong, judges don’t give public opinions on legal matters
THE statement made by the Chief Justice in which he called for the defence and protection of gay rights has left Zambians divided in opinion. Even us, as a newspaper that published Justice Mumba Malila’s remarks have not been spared. Defenders of Human Rights and gay rights in particular have come in heavy to ridicule…...
Court grants Chilangwa K10,000 bail
KAWAMBWA PF member of parliament Nickson Chilangwa has been granted K10,000 cash bail by the courts with two working sureties after being in detention for about two months. Chilangwa who had been in hiding since May when the Kawambwa Magistrates’ Court issued a bench warrant against him handed himself to the police in mid-July. This…...
We’ll win 2026 even if Lungu stands – UPND
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says the party is focusing on developing the country and not on PF. And Imenda says PF is dead and gone. Recently, PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda said UPND should focus on fixing the high cost of living instead of focusing on the PF’s internal affairs. But commenting on…...
PF condemns “continuous harassment of Lungu by govt”
LEADER of the Opposition Brian Mundubile has condemned what he terms as the continuous harassment of former president Edgar Lungu by government. And Mundubile says it’s good that President Hakainde Hichilema finally admitted his failures when he said his government had realised that development was not a straightforward journey. Addressing the media, Friday, Mundubile wondered…...
There’s nothing sinister about pledging $17,000 – Yenga
KABWATA PF aspiring member of parliament Danny Yenga says there is nothing sinister about pledging $17,000 to the opposition party’s women because he has been doing business for the last 25 years. On Saturday, Former Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo and engaged in a pledging contest during the PF women fundraising luncheon. Lusambo…...
